"Counterculture" Approach Builds Firm

Since opening a new Los Angeles location of Jenner & Block at the height of the economic recession in 2009, Rick Richmond, JD '86, has grown the branch in size from just two partners to 34 attorneys. Jenner & Block has taken what Mr. Richmond calls a "counterculture" approach to expansion, entering the LA market with targeted practices in mind and building from its summer associate program. "How did we grow?" Richmond said. "I'm hugely committed to that idea that for the longer term, the way you're really going to grow and succeed is to develop your own in-house talent."